Any cars in Bay Area Pick'n'Pulls?

[SteveInOakland]

I haven't been out to the yards in a while. The handy ones for me are the ones in Oakland, Richmond, and Hayward. It'd be pretty handy if I could find a replacement hatch, could be anything from '70 to '77.

The Oakland place had a '76 back last December that was great for pulling from. I kind of suspect the hatch was still on when they crushed it.:stupid: That place does not keep cars on the lot for long at all.

So, anybody seen a car in the Bay Area yards lately?

Thanks,

Steve.

[Pennyman]

Yeah, last week I went to Moss Landing, SJ North and SJ South Pick-n-Pulls.

SJ North had a 77 or 78 280z, and Moss landing had the ugliest 240 I've ever seen. So don't bother with that. I just missed out too, I went there looking for a rear bumper off of an additional 240z they had I had checked 2 weeks ago, but it was crushed by the time I got back out there with my tools.

No respect. It had a pretty intact carmel brown interior too...

[SteveInOakland]

Yeah, last week I went to Moss Landing, SJ North and SJ South Pick-n-Pulls.

SJ North had a 77 or 78 280z [...]

Great, many thanks. Any recollection of the hatch on that 280??

Steve.

[Pennyman]

Sadly, no. But those usually aren't coveted items compared to Iron cross ZX wheels or 6 spoke ZX wheels (Pretty sure there's a set at SJ North as well!)

BTW, last I checked there was a full set of 280zx "iron cross" wheels and a 'black gold" ed. 280zx at Moss Landing.

[TomoHawk]

you guys are lucky. I went to a JY called "PickAPart" and they don't let you take anything off the cars! specially engines- you only get whole engines. And you have to ask for a specific car from 99 on.

[matria]

Hayward PnP had a 1970, 72 and two 77's about 2 weeks ago.

[SteveInOakland]

Hayward PnP had a 1970, 72 and two 77's about 2 weeks ago.

Hey, that was a great lead, many thanks. This place BTW is "Pick Your Part" on Winton.

Here's what I found today -- probably some of them ones you note above.

One '71 built in about 9/70

Two '73s, at least one built in late '72

Two early 280Z's, one of them a 2+2

There is a lot of stuff left on these cars. Anybody needing window cranks, door handles, some emblems, some interior plastic (almost all black, I think) -- it'd be worth a visit.

There are a bunch of good sun visors sitting loose in one or two of the cars, all black -- I kept finding better ones. All these had good plastic, just some rust on the pivot piece.

Also:

An A- front bumper is on one of the 73s, a black car originally orange. Doesn't have the guards, but if you want 'em, there are some loose bumpers in another car that do.

Two decent, black, passenger-side seats, but with differing upholstery. One had minor tears, the other had, I think, none. In case anybody doesn't know, you can use a passenger side seat on the driver's side if your own hinges and rails are OK--you have to put those on. Seats are cheap at this place.

I know this isn't going to tempt Arne or Mike, but one of the 280's has a complete set of 10-spoke, deep-dish Turbine-style wheels on it. Don't know the brand or width. They are 14". The caps are NG. IIRC that place sells 14" mags for around $35 each.

The black/orange '73 has a nice old two-shaft Clarion cassette deck in it, missing the door over the tape slot. Owner did a beautiful job fabricating his own plastic bezel.

I bought the hatch (with glass) from the black/orange '73. $55 plus tax plus BS core fees etc. = $67 or so. That Hayward yard and the ones in the Pick N Pull chain have weirdly different pricing. Seats are less in Hayward, wheels more.

Send me a PM if you want more info. There's about a 12-hour window before my memory voids out.

Steve.

[SteveInOakland]

It looked pretty good at a distance. They had it priced at $1600 -- a '75 or '76 model. Something like that, you can telephone them for info.

Steve.

[Pennyman]

I'm acutally really interested in a set of 240z bumpers to swap onto my 280z. I got super frustrated when I found the one in Moss Landing had been crushed. I guess I'll have to wait for that amazing "280z.4" look to happen, hehe.

Thanks for the look out. Really, a thread like this should be updated like once a week for those on parts runs...

[=Enigma=]

There was actually 2 1973 240Z's at Moss landing as of a few weeks ago. The ugly yellow one is probably the one that got crushed, but there's another to the right as you go in that is almost complete. I believe it had both bumpers, hatch, FL 1/4 panel, clean glove box door, rear finish panel, RR tail lens assy, LF & FR turn lens assy, and more. I yanked a complete 280Z rear susp from this one incl. moustache bar and R200/3.54. I ended up returning the R200/3.54 which is a shame cause it goes in a bin that probably gets sent to the steel recycler.

And then there's a also a 260Z with an L28/N42 w/flat tops near where the ugly yellow 240 is or apparently was. It is nearly complete as well. Looks like it quit running. All body panels are there except for the hood. Seats are in OK condition. Good glove box. I grabbed the retracting seat belts.

And lastly, there's the 81 280ZX 2+2 I yanked the motor, tranny & R200/3.9 from which has 2 iron cross rims attached to it.

[Pennyman]

There was actually 2 1973 240Z's at Moss landing as of a few weeks ago. The ugly yellow one is probably the one that got crushed, but there's another to the right as you go in that is almost complete. I believe it had both bumpers, hatch, FL 1/4 panel, clean glove box door, rear finish panel, RR tail lens assy, LF & FR turn lens assy, and more. I yanked a complete 280Z rear susp from this one incl. moustache bar and R200/3.54. I ended up returning the R200/3.54 which is a shame cause it goes in a bin that probably gets sent to the steel recycler.

And then there's a also a 260Z with an L28/N42 w/flat tops near where the ugly yellow 240 is or apparently was. It is nearly complete as well. Looks like it quit running. All body panels are there except for the hood. Seats are in OK condition. Good glove box. I grabbed the retracting seat belts.

And lastly, there's the 81 280ZX 2+2 I yanked the motor, tranny & R200/3.9 from which has 2 iron cross rims attached to it.

On the contrary, the hideous yellow 240z is still there. They crushed the brown one with all the nice parts on it. Animals.

I wanted the bumpers off the this nicer brown 240z, but it was crushed when I got there. Guess I'll check ebay again!

BTW what are you gonna do with an entire 280zx engine and drivetrain?

PS, there was a 280zx turbo at SJ south with the engine still intact..don't know about now though. I also niticed about 3 of the nicer 87-89 300zx (no turbo though, so no LSD) in SJ as well.

[=Enigma=]

That's just stupid. Why crush the brown one when the yellow one, almost completely devoid of parts is just taking up space. Apparently it's a matter of where the cars are located and not what value they actually have. That's no way to run a business IMHO. The brown one had an excellent body save one quarter panel with almost no rust and a whole buttload of excellent parts incl all the glass!. And to add insult to injury, it had a new gas tank which they of course poked a huge hole in right off the bat. This jsut makes me sick.